TOPIC: Default Values for fields (country)

Is there a way to specify a default value for the core fields. Specifically, my client wants the country field to be defaulted.

The only way to have default values in core fields is for the fields to auto-populate data from a user profile when you are integrating with Community Builder or JomSocial. Besides that, the only field where you can set a default is Country. As stated in a couple other forum posts:

Locate the file country.htm in /components/com_dtregister.
This contains the list of countries to choose from. Scroll down to find United States. You'll see:
<option value="United States" selected="selected">United States</option>

Remove the code: selected="selected"

Insert the selected value into the option tag for the country you want to be the default option.

Thanks.